Churn



J. M. MATTOON. Churn.

No. 231,436. Patented Aug. 24,1880.

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JONATHAN M. MATTOON, OF GENEVA, KANSAS.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,436, dated August24, 1880.

Application filed December .26, 1879.

10 all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, JONATHAN M. MAT- TOON, of Geneva, in the county ofAllen and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Ghurns; and-I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a rocking churn or washing-machine; and itconsists, first, of a cylinder supported on a rocking frame, at each endof which frame is a spring, by means of which the operation of rockingis greatly facilitated; and, secondly, in a removable perforateddiaphragm being placed within the cylinder, all of which will behereinafter more fully described, and set forth in the claims,

Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 2 is a transversemiddle section on line as 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view from the top,and Fig. 4C is an elevation "and plan of the diaphragm.

A represents a base-board or table or any platform to support therocking churn.

B B are two rockers, which are held together by a rod, I), at each end.These rods are broken away to show the springs E and screwrod 1) at thebottom. Any other arrangement of thwarts may be made.

The rod b is sustained by the use of inside and outside nuts, I) b, onthe ends of rod 1). From the middle of the end rods, b b, are springs EE, which are fastened to the rods and to the platform A. On platform Aare two angular plates, at a, secured to it, on which the rockers B Brest.

0 is a cylinder, made of wood .or metal, which is supported between therockers B B on strips of sheet metal f f, and the cylinder is kept downby straps I) D, made of elastic, leather, or sheet metal, having at eachend loops d cl, which hook on the hooks cl d, screwed into the top ofrockers B B. It will be thus seen that while the cylinder 0 restssecurely in its bed upon the rockers B B, yet it can quickly be fastenedin or removed when requisite.

Within the, cylinder 0 is a diaphragm, O, perforated with any number ofholes, a c.

This diaphragm is sustained in its place by two cleats, h h, in the sideof the cylinder near the bottom, and by a ring, g, within the circularopening 0 at the top of the diaphragm, which ring fits loosely withinthe circular opening 0, thus permitting the diaphragm to be readilyplaced within the cylinder or removed when required.

The springs E E are so attached to the end rods, 1) b, and platform Athat they may be easily removed or attached, so that the whole apparatusmay be taken apart and placed out of the way when not required for use.

By moving the rocker-frame up and down the springs at once assist theoperator, and the material in the cylinder is thrown first to one sideand then to the other through the diaphragm. In this case only onediaphragm is used. Any number can be placed between the two ends of thecylinder, and the material can be thus more effectually operated upon.

By rem ovin gthe diaphragm the whole cham her is clear, and after thebutter has been collected from the milk, then a few more actions up anddown causes the butter to be still further collected into the mass.

It is obvious that this rocking cylinder can be applied to other useswhere a rocking motion is desirable, either for cleansing purposes, suchas washing clothes, or for any use for separating any solid substancesfrom a liquid where the specific gravities differ.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In a rocking churn or washing-machine, the rocking frame, incombination with the cylinder 0, supported on straps f f and held downby straps D D, guides at a, and springs E E, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

2. The rocking cylinder G, supported and held substantially asdescribed, in combination with one or more diaphragms having holes 0"therein and supported by rings g, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this18th day of September, 1879.

JONATHAN M. MATTOON.

Witnesses:

BENJ. PUTNAM, J. P. DIGKEY.

